Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   Guilt

   /ɡilt/

   

   noun

   • 1. the fact of having committed a specified or implied offense or crime: "it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the prisoner's guilt" Similar culpabilityguiltinessblameworthinesswrongdoingwrongwrongfulnesscriminalityunlawfulnessmisconductdelinquencysinsinfulnessiniquityresponsibilityaccountabilityliabilityanswerabilityOpposite innocence
   • ▪ a feeling of having done wrong or failed in an obligation: "he remembered with sudden guilt the letter from his mother that he had not yet read" Similar self-reproachself-accusationself-condemnationfeelings of guiltguiltinessa guilty consciencea bad consciencepangs of conscienceremorseremorsefulnessregretcontritioncontritenessrepentancepenitencecompunctionshamedisgracedishonorarchaic:rueOpposite shamelessness

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) feel guilty, especially in order to induce them to do something: informal "Celeste had been guilted into going by her parents"

   Word Origin Old Englishgylt, of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • G

     2

   • U

     1

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • T

     1

   Powered by Oxford Languages

   More Definitions, Word Origin & ScrabbleShow less